title: A rare case of Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease.
abstract: Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease, characterized by histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis, closely mimics tuberculosis, and lymphoma are two most common etiologies of cervical lymphadenitis. It is a rare, benign, and self-limited disease. Viral infections or autoimmunity are hypothesized as its etiology, but no causal relationship is definitely established till date. No specific treatment is available, only supportive treatment is given. Here, we represent a rare case of Kikuchi's disease in a 29-year-old male patient who presented to us with right-sided posterior cervical lymphadenopathy with low-grade fever for three months.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chest Medicine, Medical College, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Sudipta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pandit
authors.forename: Anirban
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: Sabyasachi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Choudhury
authors.forename: Sibes K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Das
keywords: Excision biopsy; Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease; histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis; karyorrhectic debris; paracortical necrosis; self-limited disease